Meta-analysis of net energy return for wind power systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 218-225

  Kubiszewski, Ida ^a   Cleveland, Cutler J ^b   Endres, Peter K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JW Great Lakes Wind LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy return on investment (EROI); Input output analysis; Net energy; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY COST; ENERGY RETURN ON INVESTMENT (EROI); INPUT/OUTPUT ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NET ENERGY; POWER RATINGS; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; WIND ENERGY; WIND POWER SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FOSSIL FUELS; INVESTMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FOSSIL FUEL; META-ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 69449106116     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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